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Adventure aground

Adventure aground

Photo: USCG
Photo: USCG

The 23 meter long passenger ferry Adventure ran aground near Battery Island, North Carolina.  The ferry was on its regular run between Southport and Bald Head with 31 passengers when it struck a sandbar.  Some 13 passengers were injured with 3 suffering moderate to severe injuries.  The vessel requested assistance with the 47-foot motor life boat and 25 foot response boat from the Oak Island Coast Guard Station responding.  The Coast Guard boats were able to transfer the injured passengers off the ferry and transport them to the nearby marina.  The remaining passengers were taken ashore with the assistance of other rescue vessels and the Bald Head Island Ferry Ranger.  No reports of pollution released.  A tug was requested to help refloat the Advernture.  The Coast Guard has launched an investigation into the incident.

Photo: USCG
Photo: USCG
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HMS Bounty Update

HMS Bounty Update

Photo: USCG

Reports state one of the two missing crew was located by rescuers.  The crewman was found unresponsive and flown to a North Carolina hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The Coast Guard has continued the search for the vessel’s captain who was swept overboard by a large wave before he and one other crewman could get into the vessel’s liferaft.

The HMS Bounty had left Connecticut on October 25 headed for St. Petersburg, Florida.   The crew hoped the sailing vessel would be able to safely skirt by Hurricane Sandy, but the vessel caught part of the hurricane off North Carolina.  The Bounty lost power and began to flood as winds reached 40 mph and 18-foot seas.   The crew was able to send out a distress call to the Coast Guard who dispatched aircraft and helicopters to the scene.

 

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